COUNTRY FOCUS : S AFRICA
South Africa-based agricultural services company AFGRI Agri Services , has overcome its banking platform challenges after it migrated it eAccounts system to Amazon Web Services Cloud .
Synthesis migrates AFGRI eAccounts banking platform to AWS
South Africa-based AFGRI Agri
Services is an agricultural services company with core competencies to enhance , support and guide the growth of agricultural enterprises .
As a partner in agriculture , the company provides services across the entire grain production and storage cycle .
In addition , it offers financial support and solutions as well as inputs and hitech equipment , supported by a large retail footprint .
AFGRI Agri Services ’ passion and focus for the development of new era farmers , through the Lemang Agricultural Services training programme , established in 2012 , is developing strong future farmers and helping to unlock agricultural potential not only in South Africa but Africa as a whole .
In doing so , the company is ensuring food security across the continent and has comprehensive and intimate knowledge of agriculture in South Africa and the Southern Africa region .
To achieve its mission of food security and the development of new age farmers , the company recently migrated its AFRGRI eAccounts banking platform to Amazon Web Services ( AWS ) to enable farmers and allow them to manage their entire financial operations on one convenient digital platform . In addition , the migration to AWS has been designed so that farmers can also view and receive invoices , calculate storage rates according to grade and grade type , and draw reports of grain delivery .
To achieve its vision of unlocking the agricultural potential , AFGRI ’ s banking platform – eAccounts – had to be built on infrastructure that enables full functionalities .
As farmers and their needs grow , so would the scale , innovation and capabilities of the platform and that ’ s why AFGRI contacted long-term technology partner , Synthesis Software Technologies to help it manage the migration to AWS and within six months , eAccounts was sitting on AWS Cloud and reaping its benefits .
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